Aww, consider our hearts officially melted!!
Melissa Andrade, a high school student with cerebal palsy, won homecoming queen after an aggressive campaign to bring awareness to wheelchair-bound kids everywhere.
Melissa, who was asked to homecoming by a member of the football team, was OVERJOYED when she was crowned queen.
Andrade gushed:
“I’m so happy. I can’t thank everyone enough.”
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Watch Melissa’s inspiring and heartwarming moment (below)!
We could watch that video again and again (through tears, of course)!
Considering that Melissa is the first special needs student to ever be crowned homecoming queen at Ontario High School, this is a MAJOR achievement and incredible moment for special needs students everywhere!
Congrats, Melissa!
[Image via ABC News.]
